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Editor's Choice
The hidden power of grief rituals
Claire White, California State University, Northridge In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes…
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New Year’s resolutions usually fall by the wayside, but there is a better approach to making real changes
Michele Patterson Ford, Dickinson College How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you’ve given up on them, you’re not alone. Every January, people across the world seek a fresh…
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How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty
Stephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles Indigenous communities have lived with changes to the climate for centuries. Their adaptations over those many years are based on their close observation…
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Science is best communicated through identity and culture – how researchers are ensuring STEM serves their communities
Evelyn Valdez-Ward, University of Rhode Island; Nic Bennett, Michigan State University, and Robert N. Ulrich, University of California, Los Angeles Lived experiences shape how science is conducted. This matters because…
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Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink
Amanda Meng, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alberto Dainotti, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Zachary Bischof, Georgia Institute of Technology The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has…
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Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review
Anya Arthurs, Flinders University If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache or back…
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What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?
Albert Van Dijk, Australian National University Floods, droughts and heatwaves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. In the past few days, hundreds of bushfires have ignited…
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in our age of AI and constant crisis, real-life community is powerful and precious
Amy Thunig-McGregor, University of Technology Sydney So much is deeply wrong with the world right now, but when it comes to the sphere of life that is within my own…
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Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy Jonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways.…
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World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections
Hammond Pearce, UNSW Sydney; Alexandra Vassar, UNSW Sydney, and Rahat Masood, UNSW Sydney On December 14 2025, a terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia, leaving 15 civilians…
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As Victoria’s Great Ocean Road flash floods show, we need to get better at taking warnings seriously
Rory Nathan, The University of Melbourne The images and stories of flash flooding coming out of Victoria’s Great Ocean Road overnight have been described as “terrifying”. It’s easy to see…
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The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
Christy Cobb, University of Denver The Bible is filled with brave and courageous women. Deborah, the judge who fought a war to protect her people. The widow Ruth, who wittingly…
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New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
Zachary W. Binder, UMass Chan Medical School After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity across the U.S. and Canada remains high. Although cases are trending…
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American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing
Peter Simons, Hamilton College President Donald Trump appears to have upended an 85-year relationship between American farmers and the United States’ global exercise of power. But that link has been…
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Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
JT Torres, Washington and Lee University and Jeff Saerys-Foy, Quinnipiac University The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily…
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